{"id":350768,"date":"2021-10-10T05:34:51","date_gmt":"2021-10-10T02:34:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/witnesses-recall-nurses-fatal-times-square-push-tragic-aftermath\/"},"modified":"2021-10-10T05:34:51","modified_gmt":"2021-10-10T02:34:51","slug":"witnesses-recall-nurses-fatal-times-square-push-tragic-aftermath","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/witnesses-recall-nurses-fatal-times-square-push-tragic-aftermath\/","title":{"rendered":"#Witnesses recall nurse&#8217;s fatal Times Square push, tragic aftermath"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>#Witnesses recall nurse&#8217;s fatal Times Square push, tragic aftermath<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n        <\/aside>\n<p>Family and friends of the New Jersey nurse who was knocked down by a mugger in Times Square Friday struggled to come to terms with the distressing incident and its tragic aftermath as she was taken off life support.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey just pulled the plug on her. She\u2019s gone,\u201d Carlito Spa Maria told The Post of his sister Maria Ambrocio, who suffered head trauma in the violent incident.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI watched them pull the plug. I was holding her hand to the very last pulse,\u201d he said at about 8:30 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey knew it wasn\u2019t looking good so I said my goodbye to her last night a couple of times. I told her, \u2018You will be with our mother and father.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Carlito said their father died of COVID-19 in the Philippines in April. He said he and Maria were waiting for the coronavirus crisis to calm down to <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/trip-and-travel\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"10\" title=\"Trip &amp; Travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">travel<\/a> there and bury him in the family plot.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe were supposed to go home and give my father a proper burial and now she is gone.\u00a0Now, I have to do it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Emilia Cruz, 70, worked with victim Ambrocio, 58, at Bayonne Medical Center, and was with her Friday afternoon in Times Square.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/92462017_10217527259148487_9000408847021506560_n.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=960\" alt=\"Ambrocio worked as a nurse at Bayonne Medical Center.\" class=\"wp-image-19756661\" width=\"313\" height=\"310\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/92462017_10217527259148487_9000408847021506560_n.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=620 626w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/92462017_10217527259148487_9000408847021506560_n.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=465 469w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/92462017_10217527259148487_9000408847021506560_n.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=310 313w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/92462017_10217527259148487_9000408847021506560_n.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=155 156w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/92462017_10217527259148487_9000408847021506560_n.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 313px) 100vw, 313px\"\/><figcaption>Ambrocio worked as a nurse at Bayonne Medical Center.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\"><a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>The incident that killed her h<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ened around 1:30 p.m. as Ambrocio and Cruz were walking up Broadway just past West 41st Street with Cruz\u2019s brother and another friend after running some errands and eating lunch, Cruz told The Post.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere were lots of people and we were trying to maneuver,\u201d Cruz said, adding she saw the suspect being chased.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI heard a big thump like something hit the concrete and, you know, it was loud so I said, \u2018Wow, oh My God.\u00a0What\u2019s that?\u2019 and I looked down and I saw her blouse, I didn\u2019t see the face and I said, \u2018Oh my God, Ning,\u2019 I call her Ning. I said \u2018Ning, what happened? Wake up,\u2019 and she was out.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe was already unconscious. She is not answering me. I keep picking her up. She was frothing from her mouth. And I said, \u2018Call 911.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t know if I was crying \u2026 was all emotion. I\u2019m in shock, if you ask me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A bystander came over and tried to help, and another person said they had already called emergency workers, according to the heartbroken friend.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/92811792_10217535100104506_8226619494500401152_n-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Ambrocio's brother Carlito Spa Maria said he was present and holding her hand when she was taken off of life support.\" class=\"wp-image-19756663\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/92811792_10217535100104506_8226619494500401152_n-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/92811792_10217535100104506_8226619494500401152_n-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/92811792_10217535100104506_8226619494500401152_n-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Maria Ambrocio\u2019s brother Carlito Spa Maria said he was present and holding her hand when she was taken off of life support.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Facebook<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cMaria was flat on her back. She wasn\u2019t bleeding at all.\u00a0Her eyes were closed,\u201d the emotional woman said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI cannot describe the feeling because everybody is different but when it\u2019s close to you, to your heart \u2026 we are always together, we travel together, we work together,\u201d Cruz said through tears.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m speaking right now, I try to put a brave face to everyone because I\u2019m a nurse so this is what we do every day when I work and I\u2019m with patients and families but it\u2019s different when it\u2019s closer to you,\u201d Cruz said at the hospital, while Ambrocio was clinging to life support.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/jermaine-foster-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=747\" alt=\"Homeless man Jermaine Foster was charged in connection to Ambrocio's mugging.\" class=\"wp-image-19756648\" width=\"287\" height=\"393\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/jermaine-foster-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=574 574w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/jermaine-foster-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=430 430w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/jermaine-foster-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=287 287w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/jermaine-foster-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=143 143w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/jermaine-foster-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 287px) 100vw, 287px\"\/><figcaption>Homeless man Jermaine Foster was charged in connection to Ambrocio\u2019s mugging.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cI want her to be in peace. I know there is no turning back. There is no hope.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jermaine Foster, 26, who is homeless, was charged early Saturday morning with robbery and assault in connection with the incidents, police said.<\/p>\n<p>A distraught and barely audible Cruz struggled to share her feelings on the suspect.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t care what he does or what he did, you know, the only thing that I care about is that he took my friend away from me, from her family, from the people that love her so much, from a lot of circle of friends that we have,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Carlito had much stronger words for Foster, who had broken into a woman\u2019s apartment right before the Times Square attack, police said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe want justice. I want him to be locked up for a very long time so he that he cannot hurt any more people. 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